Re: Question: space elevator



"CG" <cganders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm writing it into a short story. Is it possible to
create a space elevator with current or possible
near future tech?

I was thinking that nano-carbon tubing might do it
and I know they are already doing that--saw an article
on it. But with the Earth spinning, would the elevator
spin with it like a satellite or would you need to somehow keep pushing
it
to keep it in geosynchronized orbit?

Thanks,
and the reason I occasionally post humor in places like this
is cuz I don't feel that I can contribute much else (at least in
the science categories)...I'm twenty
years out of date on physics and while I love to read about it
as a layperson, I can't follow the math anymore.


Carbon fiber nano tubes should be strong enough.

Put the station in a stable orbit that matches the rotation of the earth
directly above the equator, have two elevators and when one goes up the
other goes down. How do you keep this from moving like a pendulum. I'd guess
rockets or jets near the ground.


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